Design - Waking Up

Library - FINAL

Three Journals

1) Architecture New Zealand.

Generally, journals containing information about 'Architecture New Zealand' educate people about various buildings, monuments, homes, etc, that have become very significant to New Zealand. Some of those buildings include:

• Aorangi House, Wellington - designed by Studio Pacific Architecture.
• Voyager Marine-time Museum Extension, Auckland - designed by Pete Boosley Architects.
• Supreme Court, Wellington - designed by Warren and Mahoney, Chris Cochran. 
• Deloitte Building, Auckland - designed by Woods Bagot in association with Warren and Mahoney.
• Sylvia Park, Auckland - designed by Jasmax. 

The journals contain information dating back to as early as 1997. Over the years also, there has been a list of information about Architects who have practiced within a certain period, as well as projects which have gained significant reputation in the world of architecture based in New Zealand.

Useful sites : 

• http://librarysearch.auckland.ac.nz/primo_library/libweb/action/basket.do?fn=display&doc=uoa_voyager787308&vid=UOA2_A 
  Where Journals can be found, Architecture Library, University of Auckland.
• http://www.nzrab.org.nz/

2) Ecotech: Sustainable Architecture Today.

Journals containing information on this topic generally speak of ways to improve our lifestyle, as well as our environment, through the incorporation of 'GREENERY' into design. The journals contain tips and guides on how to incorporate designs to make a building more energy sufficient (I.e. by incorporating skylights for natural lighting which would help reduce the rate of fossil fuel combustion, and eventually, electricity costs), including other information vital to achieving environmental sustainability, improving social interactions and relationships, etc.

The Journals also address issues such as sustainable building materials, the need to incorporate vegetation into design to help improve surrounding and indoor air quality, as well as the need to design with, rather than against, the surrounding landscape.

Useful sites : 

• http://librarysearch.auckland.ac.nz/primo_library/libweb/action/basket.do?fn=display&doc=uoa_voyager1024457&vid=UOA2_A
  Where Journals can be found, Architecture Library, University of Auckland.
• http://welcome2green.com/national-green-news/green-living/ecotech-sustainable-architecture-today-green-living-guide

3) The Owner Builder Magazine.

These magazines generally contain information about a number of cost efficient homes being built today. It contains tips and guides on how to construct cost and energy efficient homes, as well as advice on healthy, durable and low-cost or natural materials. Two of the most common types of homes addressed in the magazines are 'straw bale homes' and 'earth wall construction.' Both are built from natural materials such as mud, clay, and straw, but incorporate a small amount of conventional materials for more durability and strength. Both have qualities of any typical conventional design such as insulation, strength, durability, etc.
The main focus of the magazines is to provide healthy alternatives towards constructing functional, low-cost buildings that will generate ongoing benefits.

Useful sites : 

• http://librarysearch.auckland.ac.nz/primo_library/libweb/action/basket.do?fn=display&doc=uoa_voyager1053693&vid=UOA2_A
  Where Journals can be found, Architecture Library, University of Auckland.
• http://www.theownerbuilder.com.au/

Helpful websites...

What are PARTICLES?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_IeTkCcE8g

Scripting in Second Life:

http://www.3greeneggs.com/autoscript/

How to Script a light for Second Life:
http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/User:Fred_Gandt/Scripts

How to make sculpties in Second Life:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCJlE7Vagt0

Our Library in construction...

Built on Architecture 1, New Zealand Virtual World Grid.

Main entrance...

Adding wooden shelves...

Footpath leading to out door reading space...

Footpath built over water pools...

View from above...

Adding books to the bookshelves...

Another entrance. Handrails provide blue light at night.

Lights and chairs added to main building...

Stairs replaced by a ramp to accommodate the disabled and the elderly...

Roof top added to outdoor reading space to provide shade..

Outdoor reading space...

DAY TWO OF CONSTRUCTION...

When touched, each picture on the glass shelter provides information about my three journals through a message in chat.

Wall containing images of the three members of our group. Alfred Wigmore, Tania West, and myself. When  myself and Tania's photo is touched, a message is prompted asking to upload a URL. That URL will lead to my blog.

The texture of this carpet was generated offset filter created in photoshop.

Fold Architecture

 

Architect: Douglas Garofalo (Chicago Architect)

• Garofalo described Fold Architecture as a series of “undulating surfaces.”
• It provides different ways of perceiving space, and is able to create space because surfaces can twist, bend and fold.
• It unfolds a one point perspective of a space.
• It stimulates creativity and develops different techniques rather than a single form.

Examples of Folds:

Reiser and Umemoto. 

West Side Convergence
New York, 1999.

 

"This design competition entry spans a site in Manhattan from the 30th to 34th Streets and from 8th Avenue to the West Side Highway. A vast undulating spaceframe roof covers the Global Parkscape (the top level) and allows for the multiple scales of activities. This roof visually reads as an unfolding landscape in the city." (Joseph Rosa, Folds Blobs + Boxes, Architecture in the digital era)

Peter D. Eisenman.

Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences.

Staten Island, New York, 1997.

"The Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences is located in the main hall of a new ferry terminal. The various modes of movement through the building by pedestrians and vehicles generate the design of series of folded spaces. These folds convey the idea of fluidity." (Joseph Rosa, Folds Blobs + Boxes, Architecture in the digital era)

Joel Sanders.
Five-Minute Bathroom (prototype)
Project for Wallpaper magazine, 2000.

"Sanders designed the freestanding Five-Minute Bathroom with efficiency in mind. The dressing closet, water closet, smart mirror,and bed area blend together, creating a seamless sense of spaces that gently fold into each other. Prefabricated of molded fiberglass, this unit could be installed in existing or new construction." (Joseph Rosa, Folds Blobs + Boxes, Architecture in the digital era)

ARCHITECTS

Toyo Ito is a Master Class Architect who works with 'Innovation and Design Creativity'. He is "known for creating extreme concept buildings in which he seeks o fuse both the physical and virtual world."
(http://transmaterialasia.wordpress.com/2006/08/29/toyo-ito-master-class-architects-who-works-with-innovation-and-design-creativity/)

Zaha Hadid is the first woman to win the prestigious Pritzker Price for architecture in 2004. She creates buildings with a multiple perspective points and fragmented geometry to evoke the chaos of modern life.
(http://www.zaha-hadid.com/category/built-works)

Cameron Sinclair is the co-founder and CEO of "Architecture and Humanity" - which is a charitable organisation which seeks architectural solutions to humanitarian crisis and brings professional design services to communities in need.